Ecology Summary - Cancer productus

Language:

Ecology of Cancer productus

Main Ref.	Jensen, G.C., 1995
Remarks	Forages on shores protected from wave action. Juveniles and mating pairs occur in the intertidal zone only on nocturnal high tides (Ref. 78483). Buries itself in the substrate during periods of inactivity (Ref. 78491). Excavating predator (Ref. 78493).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Cancer productus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: demersal; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Robles, C., D.A. Sweetnam and D. Dittman, 1989
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Rumrill, S.S., J.T. Pennington and F.-S. Chia, 1985
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Smith, T.E., R.C. Ydenberg and R.W. Elner, 1999

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	3.30	0.43			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.